Credit: The Associated Press

In this image taken from video obtained from the Sham News Network, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows bodies of some of the victims of an attack on the town of Sanamein, Syria lie on the ground during a funeral on Thursday, April 11, 2013. Syrian government forces launched a counteroffensive in the south, capturing the town and killing at least 45 people including women and children, opposition activists said Thursday. (AP Photo/Sham News Network via AP video)

Credit: The Associated Press

In this image taken from video obtained from the Sham News Network, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows bodies of some of the victims of an attack on the town of Sanamein, Syria lie on the ground during a funeral on Thursday, April 11, 2013.

Credit: The Associated Press

This citizen journalism image provided by Aleppo Media Center AMC which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows destroyed homes in a government airstrike and shelling, in the neighborhood of Marjeh in the northern city of Aleppo, Syria, Thursday, April. 11, 2013.

Credit: The Associated Press

This citizen journalism image taken on Sunday, April 7, 2013 and provided by Aleppo Media Center AMC which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows Syrian citizens searching for bodies in the rubble of damaged buildings that were attacked by Syrian forces airstrikes, in the al-Ansari neighborhood of Aleppo, Syria.

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BEIRUT — Syrian government warplanes carried out airstrikes on a rebellious neighborhood in the capital and a village in the country's northeast on Sunday, killing at least 25 people, including a dozen children, activists said.

With its ground forces stretched thin, President Bashar Assad's regime has relied heavily on its fighter jets and helicopters to try to stem rebel advances in the country's civil war. The air raids frequently hit civilian areas, drawing criticism from the international community.